The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, July 13, 2007

July 13, 2007

News
Children

Arrest Made in Baby-Snatching Case
The Standard, July 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=48884&sid=14461654&con_type=1&d_str=20070713


Death Penalty
安徽滁州爆炸抢劫案主犯判死刑 曾四抢金融机构 (Anhui Armed Robber Sentenced to Death)
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-07/13/content_
6369789.htm


Ex-Drug Chief's Execution Justified, But Capital Punishment Should Be Limited
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_
6366978.htm


Environment
Pressure Rises over Failed Energy Targets
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2de62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Food Security
Cardboard Used in Steamed Pork Buns
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59e62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), July 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/wl_asia_afp/heal
thchinafoodsafety_070712205145;_ylt=AlCpqLDInlzjDTJQ
1T5mt0xPzWQA


Human Rights Defender
Developer, Employees Arrested in Beating of Homeowners' Activist
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=84ae62d1a
3bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
简要新闻∶被阻赴美领奖后高智晟已回到北京家中 (In Brief: Gao Zhisheng Barred from Receiving Award in US, Allowed to Return to Beijing Home)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/07/12/xinwen
/#gaozhisheng


Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
英使馆官员探望袁伟静 见证公民不自由 (Yuan Weijing Meets British Diplomats in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
yuanweijing/


Land Policy
80%违法用地主体是政府 (80 Percent of Violators of Land Use Regulations Are Government Bodies)
The Beijing News, July 13, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2007/07-13/014@
024657.htm


Media
中国当代诗歌论坛被关 文学网站也难逃监控 (China Blocks Internet Forum on Contemporary Poetry)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/
12/poem/


Rethink Urged over Ban on Newsletter
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1ee62d1a3
bb3110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


实名制盛开紫丁香凋谢 哈工大BBS发帖需要姓名和院系信息 (Students of a Harbin University Required to Register with Real Identity for Using University's Internet Bulletin Board System)
Nanfang City News, July 13, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007071
30017.asp


Chinese Blogger Held over Stock Tips
Financial Times, July 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7f2f68ac-309c-11dc-9a81-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340
.html


Migrant Workers
深圳出现“民工律师”群体 (Past Human Rights Defenders with No Legal Qualifications Act as Migrant Workers' "Lawyers" in Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/
shenzhen/


Olympics
Echoes of Cultural Revolution as China Becomes a 'No-Fly Zone'
The Independent, July 12, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article27588
25.ece


Protests and Petitions
500多名访民在天安门广场遭驱散 (500 Petitioners Dispersed for Trying to Petition at Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/12/bj/

Students Riot over Fees and Qualifications
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c94e62d1a3bb3
110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


广西库区万人静坐请愿数天 官兵同情廿载移民每月三十六块七毛五 (10,000 Guangxi Evictees Receive Sympathetic Treatment from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/07/11/
guangxi/


Public Health
禁二甘醇的啟示:市场力量压倒官意 (Editorial: Market Forces Policy U-Turn in Tainted Toothpaste Case)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070713/mrb.htm